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Educational Requirements for Chemists

Jobs for chemists usually
require at least a
bachelor's degree, but
many positions, especially
those in research, require a
Ph.D. Most undergraduate
programs emphasize
mathematics and
physics as well as
chemistry, partly because
chemistry is also known as "the
central science", thus
chemists ought to have a
well-rounded knowledge about
science. At the
Master's level and
higher, students tend to
specialize in a particular
field. Fields of
specialization include
biochemistry, nuclear
chemistry, organic
chemistry, inorganic
chemistry, analytical
chemistry, theoretical
chemistry, quantum
chemistry, environmental
chemistry and physical
chemistry, and physical
chemistry.
Postdoctoral experience
may be required for certain
positions. Wikipaedia.org

The three
major employers of chemists are academic
institutions, industry, especially the
chemical industry and the pharmaceutical
industry, and government laboratories.

Chemistry
typically is divided into several major
sub-disciplines. There are also several
main cross-disciplinary and more
specialized fields of chemistry. There
is a great deal of overlap between
different branches of chemistry, as well
as with other scientific fields such as
biology, medicine, physics, radiology,
and several engineering disciplines.

Analytical chemistry s the analysis of
material samples to gain an
understanding of their chemical
composition and structure. Analytical
chemistry incorporates standardized
experimental methods in chemistry. These
methods may be used in all
subdisciplines of chemistry, excluding
purely theoretical chemistry.

Biochemistry s the study of the
chemicals, chemical reactions and
chemical interactions that take place in
living organisms.

Inorganic chemistry is the study of the
properties and reactions of inorganic
compounds.

Medicinal chemistry is the science
involved with designing, synthesizing
and developing pharmaceutical drugs.
Medicinal chemistry involves the
identification, synthesis and
development of new chemical entities
suitable for therapeutic use. It also
includes the study of existing drugs,
their biological properties, and their
quantitative structure-activity
relationships.

Organic
chemistry is the study of the structure,
properties, composition, mechanisms, and
chemical reaction of organic compounds.

Physical
chemistry is the study of the physical
fundamental basis of chemical systems
and processes. In particular, the
energetics and dynamics of such systems
and processes are of interest to
physical chemists. Important areas of
study include chemical thermodynamics,
chemical kinetics, electrochemistry,
quantum chemistry, statistical
mechanics, and spectroscopy. Physical
chemistry has large overlap with
theoretical chemistry and molecular
physics. Physical chemistry involves the
use of calculus in deriving equations.

A
chemist is a
scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of
matter and its properties such as density and
acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties
they study in terms of quantities, with detail on
the level of molecules and their components.. Chemists carefully measure substance
proportions,
reaction rates, and other chemical properties.

Chemists
use this knowledge to learn the composition, and
properties of unfamiliar substances, as well as to
reproduce and synthesize large quantities of useful
naturally occurring substances and create new
artificial substances and useful processes. Chemists
may specialize in any number of
subdisciplines of chemistry. Material
scientists and metallurgists share
much of the same education and skills with chemists.
The work of chemists is often related to the work of
chemical engineers, which are primarily
concerned with the proper design, construction and
evaluation of the most cost-effective large-scale
chemical plants and work closely with industrial
chemists on the development of new processes and
methods for the commercial-scale manufacture of
chemicals and related products.